Šindarara
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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Last modified
Oct 21, 2020 03:41 PM
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History
A fortress in the vicinity of Til-garimmu fortified by the Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721-705 BC) against Kasku.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/988674927
39.4703799, 37.8807432
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Uncertain: Proposed location of Šindarara (Sincan) (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Šindarara (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šindarara located near Ellibir (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šindarara located near Gauraina (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šindarara part of (administrative) Kammanu/Meliddu (kingdom) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Šindarara located near Kasku (region) (720 BC - 540 BC)
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None
unlocated, settlement, fort, tower (deprecated)
- See Further:
Pleiades
Šindarara is an unlocated fortress in Meliddu. E. Forrer proposes that it should be identified as Sincan, which is ca. 80 km southwest of Sivas.
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Šindarara: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/988674927> [accessed: 24 April 2024]
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